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2 unusual facts about Sister Kate


Sister Kate

Katherine Mary Clutterbuck (1860-1946), an Anglican nun known as Sister Kate who ran orphanages for Aboriginal children in Western Australia

"I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", a song and tune published by Clarence Williams and Armand Piron in 1919.


Kansas City Shuffle

The tune structure is similar to the standard "Sister Kate".

Queens Park, Western Australia

The largest single land holder in Queens Park was Sister Kate's children's home which was founded by Sister Kate in 1934 and expanded in 1936 which at the time, A. O. Neville, the government Chief Protector of Aboriginals was the architect of an official scheme which oversaw the care, custody and education of Aboriginal and half-caste children under 16 years in the state.


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Jana Khayat

Since the death of their father, Jana's brothers George and Guy have run Associated British Foods and Wittington Investments Ltd. (the parent company of Fortnums's and ABF) respectively while Khayat control of Fortnum's aided by her younger sister, Kate Hobhouse, as a non-executive director.